A procession through Blackville will follow the funeral service at the High School for the late Mayor Jackie T. Holman.
The funeral service will begin at 1 p.m. at the Blackville-Hilda High School auditorium. After the service, possibly between 2:30 and 3 p.m., the mayor's casket will be placed on a horse-drawn hearse, according to Dash's Funeral Home.
The carriage will proceed down Izlar St. and then turn onto Latrrigue St. The procession will pause briefly in front of the Blackville Town Hall for a ceremonial 21-gun salute.
From town hall, the procession will move towards Main Street and circle the business district, passing in front of the fire department.
From there, the hearse will turn right onto Hwy. 3 (Solomon Blatt Ave.) and then right (west) onto U.S. 78 (Dexter St.).
The procession will stop in front of Macedonia Baptist Church and the casket will be transferred from the horse-drawn hearse to a motorized hearse.
The casket will then be taken to Hope Memorial Park on S.C. 3 for burial.
A two-car accident claimed the life of Blackville's mayor Saturday, August 28
The accident also killed another driver and injured two passengers.
Jackie T. Holman, 58, of 271 Jenice St., died around 4 p.m. at a Columbia hospital.
According town officials, a memorial service will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 1 from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Blackville community center. A visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 2 at Macedonia Baptist Church, Dexter St., Blackville. The funeral will be Friday, Sept. 3 at 1 p.m. in the auditorium of Blackville-Hilda High School.
Following Saturday’s accident Holman “was transported by air to Palmetto Richland Hospital in Columbia, where he succumbed to his injuries,” said Lance Cpl. Judd Jones, community relations officer with the S.C. Highway Patrol
The wreck occurred on S.C. Hwy 3 at approximately 1:40 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 28, eight miles west of North, S.C. in Orangeburg County.
Holman was driving a 2003 Ford Explorer when his vehicle was struck by a 1990 Acura, driven by Keith Eric Harley.
Harley died at the scene. He was not restrained by a seatbelt, Jones said.
Harley was traveling north on S.C. Hwy 3 when his vehicle went off the right side of the road, struck a mailbox, came back onto the road then veered left of the center line, striking Holman’s vehicle head-on, Jones said.
Holman was traveling south on S.C. Hwy. 3, with his wife, Brenda Holman. Both were wearing their seatbelts at the time of the crash, Jones said.
Brenda Holman was transported to the Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg by ambulance with non life-threatening injuries, Jones said.
Jessie Stroman, 42, of Williston was a passenger in Harley’s Acura. Stroman was airlifted to Palmetto Richland with serious injuries, Jones said.
The accident is still under investigation by the SCHP.